1320-05-21, Odiham

To the bailiffs of Yarmouth. At the suit of Aymer de Valencia, earl of Pembroke, that whereas he caused a ship of his called Coga de Valencia to be laden at Burdeaux with wine and divers other goods of his to the value of 500/., in order to bring the same to this realm, certain malefactors took the ship and cargo at Les Dounes near the port of Sandwich, and carried them away with them, the king appointed Robert de Kendale and William de Bernefeld to make inquisition concerning the capture by the oath of men of Kent, merchants and others ; by which inquisition it was found that as the ship was sailing (stg/ans) by the sea shore within the king's power near the said place of Les Dounes, three ships of Flanders filled with malefactors and robbers of that land, whose names are unknown, came on the day of St. Peter ad Vincula, in the 10th year of the king's reign, and took the ship and everything in her by force and arms, and carried her to Flanders, and that the earl had in her 26 tuns and 4 pipes of wine, whereof the malefactors sold each tun in Flanders for 10 marks, 40 quarters of wheat, each quarter whereof they sold for 50s., 6 rolls of sail-cloth, price 40s. a roll, a barrel full of helmets, haubergeons (hauberiettorum), and other armour, price 60/., 110 yards of Britanny cloth for housings for horses (pro huciis ad equos), price 110s., and that the ship and tackle were worth 133/. 6s.8d., the sum total whereof is 497/. 10s. Od. ; whereupon the king requested the count of Flanders to cause satisfaction to be made to the earl's attorney ; but he has not done so and has not written to the king concerning this matter : wherefore the king orders the bailiffs to arrest goods of the men and merchants of the count's power to the value of 100/., in part satisfaction of the above sum of 497/. 10s. Od., and to keep the same safely until the earl have been satisfied for the said 100/., or until otherwise ordered, certifying the king of their proceedings. The king has ordered the mayor and sheriffs of London to arrest goods in like manner tothe value of 300/., and the bailiffs of eye to arrest goods to the value of 977. 10s. Od. . By ps. . 193